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Indiana Department of Education
College and Career Readiness
Indiana Academic Standards Resource Guide
United States History 1877 to the Present
Standards Approved March 2014
APPENDIX A – TEACHER RESOURCE GUIDE UNITED STATES HISTORY (1877 to Present)
Date of last update: May 2017
This Teacher Resource Guide has been developed to provide supporting materials to help educators successfully implement the social studies standards. These resources are provided to help you in your work to ensure all students meet the rigorous learning expectations set by the Academic Standards. Use of these resources is optional – teachers should decide which resource will work best in their school for their students.
This resource document will be continually updated. Please send any suggested links and report broken links to: Bruce Blomberg Social Studies Specialist Indiana Department of Education [email protected] 317-232-9078
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GOOD STUDIES SOCIAL WEBSITES:
HOOSIERS AND THE AMERICAN STORY DOWNLOAD Destination Indiana (from the Indiana Historical Society)
EDSITEMENT DOCS TEACH
DIGITAL HISTORY HISTORICAL SCENE INVESTIGATION
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS TEACHING AMERICAN HISTORY.ORG
READING LIKE A HISTORIAN (free registration) GILDER LEHRMAN Institute of American History (free registration)
Historical Thinking Matters John Green US History Crash Course Videos (Nice short videos to either wrap up or kick off a unit of study)
PBS: American Experience (A number of videos are available for online viewing) America: The Story of US (Teacher’s guide for the series)
Thomas Nast Cartoons HarpWeek
National Archives – Teaching With Documents The Smithsonian: Resources for Teaching American History
U.S. History.org American History Outlines, Charts, Etc
Have Fun With History Educational Resource
American Rhetoric: Top 100 Speeches Civics Resources
Civil Rights and Ethnic Education Resources Best U.S. History Web Sites
Standard 1: Early National Development: 1775 to 1877
Students review and summarize key ideas, events, and developments from the Founding Era through the Civil War and Reconstruction from 1775 to 1877.
Primary Source Documents 100 Milestone Documents Revolution and the New Nation (1754-1820’s)
Expansion and Reform (1801-1868) Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
USH.1.1 Read key documents from the Founding Era and analyze major ideas about government, individual rights and the general welfare embedded in these documents. (Government)
Resources The Declaration of Independence: An Analytical View
Declaration of Independence The Declaration of Independence (ConSource)
The Declaration and Natural Rights Northwest Ordinance (1787)
U.S. Constitution (1787) Federalist Paper 10 (1787) Federalist Paper 51 (1788)
Bill of Rights (1791) Bill of Rights Infographic
Washington’s Farewell Address (1796) Gilder Lehrman: Washington’s Farewell Address (free
registration) The Alien and Sedition Acts (1798)
Jefferson’s First Inaugural Address (1801) Marbury v. Madison (1803)
McCulloch v. Maryland (1819) Indiana Constitution (1816) Indiana Constitution (1851)
USH.1.2 Summarize major themes in the early history of the United States such as federalism, sectionalism, nationalism, and states’ rights. (Economics, Government)
Key Terms/Topics Federalism Sectionalism Nationalism States’ Rights
Expansion Slavery Liberty vs. Order
Resources
iCivics: Federalism (free registration) Federalism: U.S. v. the States
Nationalism and Sectionalism (short video)
USH.1.3 Identify and tell the significance of controversies pertaining to slavery, abolitionism, and social reform movements. (Government, Economics)
Key Terms/Topics Nat Turner Rebellion Compromise of 1820 Compromise of 1850 Kansas-Nebraska Act
Dred Scott Decision John Brown’s Raid Great Awakening Temperance Movement
Women’s Rights Horace Mann -- Education Reform
Resources The Second Great Awakening and the Age of Reform Articles
Edsitement Lesson: Slave Narratives Nat Turner rebellion Compromise of 1820
Abolitionism in Indiana Levi Coffin (Indiana) Compromise of 1850
Kansas-Nebraska Act
EDSITEment Lesson: The Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854: Popular Sovereignty and the Political Polarization over Slavery
Teach US History.org: Lesson Plan Kansas-Nebraska Act Dred Scott v. Sanford (1856)
Teach US History.org: Lesson Plan Dred Scott John Brown’s Raid
Temperance movement (Indiana) Temperance Reform in the Early 19th Century
Women’s Rights Movement
USH. 1.4 Describe causes and lasting effects of the Civil War and Reconstruction as well as the political controversies surrounding this time such as Andrew Johnson’s impeachment, the Black Codes, and the Compromise of 1877. (Government, Economics)
Key Terms/Topics Causes Economic and Social differences
between the North and the South
States versus Federal rights
The fight between Slave and Non-Slave State proponents
Growth of abolition movement
Election of Lincoln
Lasting Effects
Civil War Amendments (13,14,15) Lincoln’s Reconstruction Plan
Johnson’s Reconstruction Plan Congressional Reconstruction Plan
Political Controversies Impeachment of Andrew Johnson
Black Codes
Jim Crow laws
Election of Rutherford B. Hayes as President
Compromise of 1877
Resources
Civil War Primary Documents Causes of the Civil War
Reconstruction Plans: Lincoln’s Plan, Johnson’s Plan, Congressional Plan
Digital History: Overview of Reconstruction Edsitement: the Battle Over Reconstruction: The Aftermath of War
Edsitement: the Battle Over Reconstruction: The Politics of Reconstruction Edsitement: the Battle Over Reconstruction: The Aftermath of Reconstruction
13th Amendment 14th Amendment 15th Amendment
The Thirteenth Amendment & the Abolition of Slavery Effects of Reconstruction Timeline (National Humanities Center)
Emancipation Movements (National Humanities Center) How successful was reconstruction in dealing with the economic and social problems of freedmen?
To what extent did Reconstruction create political equality for freedmen? What happened to freedmen after reconstruction came to an end?
How was legalized segregation created in the south? After Reconstruction: Problems of African Americans in the South (Library of Congress)
Johnson’s impeachment
The Impeachment of Andrew Johnson The Impeachment of Andrew Johnson
Black Codes (Short Video)
Reconstruction – Black Codes (You Tube Video)
The Compromise of 1877 Hayes vs Tilden political cartoon
Rutherford B. Hayes Election The Election Riot of 1876
Standard 2: Development of the Industrial United States: 1870 to 1900
Students examine the political, economic, social and cultural development of the United States during the period from 1870 to 1900. Primary Source Documents
National Archives: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900) Library of Congress: Development of the Industrial United States (1876-1915)
America’s Industrial Revolution American History Resource Center – 1879-1990
USH.2.1 Describe the economic developments that transformed the United States into a major industrial power and the factors necessary for industrialization. (Economics)
Resources Industrial Revolution Growth of railroads
Transcontinental Railroads: Compressing Time and Space Gilder Lehrman article-free registration Binding the Nation by Rail
Inventions Inventors and Inventions from 1851-1900
Inventions from 1870-1900 Timeline and text view Development of big business
The Black Inventor Online Museum The Faces of Science: African Americans in the Sciences
Robber Barons such as: Robber Barons or Captains of Industry? (Article) Captains of Industry or Robber Barrons Lesson
John D. Rockefeller Digital History: Business Regulation Case Study: Standard Oil
Andrew Carnegie Wealth and Weightlessness
Cornelius Vanderbilt Edsitement: The Industrial Age in America: Robber Barons and Captains of Industry Edsitement: The Industrial Age in America: Sweatshops, Steel Mills, and Factories
USH.2.2 Explain key ideas, movements, and inventions and summarize their impact on rural and urban communities throughout the United States. (Economics, Sociology)
Resources DocsTeach: Assimilation of American Indians
Inventions from 1870-1900 Zoom Inventors and Inventions
Henry Grady’s New South PBS: Who Made America Timeline
African American Identify in the Gilded Age (Library of Congress)
Growth of political machine politics (Boss Tweed) Gilded Age – Political Cartoon Analysis Political Cartoons of Political Machines
Populism
The Farmers Revolt William Jennings Bryan
Reading Like a Historian: Populism and the Election of 1896 (free registration) Grange Movement (Oliver Kelley) National People’s Party Platform
USH.2.2 continued on next page
Agricultural Innovations George Washington Carver
John Deere Cyrus McCormick Joseph F. Glidden
refrigerated box car (Andrew Chase)
the elevator (Elisha Otis) the telephone (Alexander Graham Bell)
contributions of Thomas Edison George Westinghouse
Indiana: discovery of the Trenton Gas Field, development of gas boom cities/towns in East Central Indiana
USH 2.3 Analyze the factors associated with the development of the West and how these factors affected the lives of those who settled there. (Government, Economics, Individuals, Society, and Culture)
Key Terms/Topics Technological advances, including the transcontinental railroad
Possibility of wealth created by discovery of gold and silver Adventure
New beginning Opportunities for land ownership (Homestead Act)
Resources
Docs TEACH: Reasons for Westward Expansion PBS: New Perspectives on THE WEST
The Homestead Act Homestead Act Turner Thesis
The Significance of the Frontier in American History The Closing of the Frontier
USH.2.4 Explain how the lives of American Indians changed with the development of the West. (Government, Individuals, Society, and Culture)
Key Terms/Topics Opposition by American Indians to westward expansion (Battle of Little Bighorn, Sitting Bull, Geronimo)
Forced relocation from native lands to reservations Reduced population through warfare and disease
Assimilation attempts Destruction of buffalo
Broken treaties
Resources Reading Like a Historian: Battle of Little Big Horn (free registration) Were the policies and actions towards Native Americans justified?
To what extent were US policies towards the Native Americans justified?
Indian Removal and the Politics of Westward Expansion Natives of North America
USH.2.5 Summarize the impact industrialization and immigration had on social movements of the era including the contributions specific individuals and groups. (Economics, Geography, Individuals, Society, and Culture)
Key Terms/Topics Social Darwinism – Herbert Spencer Gospel of Wealth – Andrew Carnegie Hull House – Jane Addams Jacob Riis
Child labor Chinese Exclusion Act The Tweed Ring (Boss Tweed) Immigrant groups
they provided cheap labor
Resources
Herbert Spencer: Social Darwinism Carnegie’s Gospel of Wealth recording
Andrew Carnegie: The Gospel of Wealth Gospel of Wealth - www.fordham.edu/halsall/Mod/1889carnegie.html
Jane Addams (Hull House) The Subjective Necessity of Social Settlements by Jane Addams
Jacob Riis Video Jacob Riis (YouTube)
Reading Like a Historian: Chinese Immigration and Exclusion (free registration)
Chinese Exclusion Act (explanation and Primary Sources)
Vaudeville Acts William (Boss) Tweed and Thomas Nast
Responses to Industrialization USH.2.6 Describe the growth of unions and the labor movement and evaluate various approaches and methods used by different labor leaders and organizations. (Government, Economics)
Key Terms/Topics Homestead Strike Pullman Strike Haymarket Riot
Knights of Labor American Federation of Labor Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire
Resources Major Events in Labor History
The Labor Union Movement in America Explain the formation and goals of unions as well as the rise of radical political parties during the Industrial Era
Labor Unions in a Industrializing U.S. Reading Like a Historian: Homestead Strike (free registration)
PBS: The Homestead Strike History Channel: Homestead Steel Strike
Pullman Strike (1894) Gilder Lehrman: The Haymarket Riot (free registration)
Samuel Gompers Eugene Debs
Terence V. Powderly, The Knights of Labor, 1889 Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire
USH.2.7 Describe and assess the contribution of Indiana’s only president, Benjamin Harrison, to national policies on environmental protection, business regulation, immigration, and civil rights.
Key Terms/Topics New states in the Union (North & South Dakota, Montana, Washington)
Forest Reserve Act (National Parks: Yosemite, Sequoia, Grant) Sherman Antitrust Act (business) Ellis Island opened (Immigration)
The Lodge Bill—a.k.a. Federal Election Bill (civil rights)
Resources Benjamin Harrison Presidential Site
American President: Benjamin Harrison Federal Election Bill Cartoon & Explanation
Benjamin Harrison Domestic Papers of Benjamin Harrison
USH.2.8 Evaluate the effectiveness of government attempts to regulate business (Interstate and Commerce Act-1887,
Sherman Anti-Trust Act 1890). (Government, Economics)
Resources Sherman Anti-Trust Act (1890) Text
The Sherman Anti-Trust Act Should the Government Regulate Business? Debate
Interstate Commerce Act USH.2.9 Analyze the development of “separate but equal” policies culminating in the Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) case. (Government; Individuals, Society, and Culture)
Resources
Civil Rights Acts Jim Crow laws
The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow (PBS) Creation of KKK
Plessy v. Ferguson
Abridged version iCivics: Plessy v. Ferguson (free registration)
Streelaw.org: Plessy v. Ferguson From Jim Crow to Linda Brown (Library of Congress)
The Supreme Court and Civil Rights
Standard 3: Emergence of the Modern United States: 1897 to 1920
Students examine the political, economic, social and cultural development of the United States during the period from 1897 to 1920. Primary Sources Documents
The Emergence of Modern America (1890-1930) Early 1900s U.S. Foreign Policy
American History Resource Center-1890-1914 American History Resource Center-1914-1920
USH.3.1 Describe the events and people central to the transformation of the United States developing into a world power. (Government, Geography)
Key Terms/ Topics EVENTS:
Spanish-American War Acquisition of Open Door Policy
Roosevelt Corollary Dollar Diplomacy
Resources American History – Early Imperialism
Spanish-American War
Spanish-American War (1898) Edsitement: The Spanish-American War
Reading Like a Historian: American Imperialism (free registration) The World of 1898: The Spanish-American War Crucible of Empire: The Spanish-American War
Hawaii
Annexation of Hawaii (1898) Teaching With Documents: The 1897 Petition Against the Annexation of Hawaii
Open Door Policy
Open Door Policy (1899) Edsitement: Imperialism and the Open Door
Treaty of Portsmouth
The Roosevelt Corollary Gilder Lehrman: The Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine (free registration)
Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine Building the Panama Canal (1903-1914)
Dollar Diplomacy World War I (1914-1918)
See USH.3.6
PEOPLE: William McKinley
John Hay William Randolph Hearst/Joseph Pulitzer
Theodore Roosevelt (Big Stick Diplomacy) William H. Taft (Dollar Diplomacy)
Woodrow Wilson and Foreign Policy (EDSITEment) Alfred Thayer Mahan
John J. Pershing Eddie Richenbacker
USH.3.2 Explain the origins, goals, achievements, and limitations of the Progressive Movement in addressing political, economic, and social reform. (Government; Economics; Individuals, Society, and Culture)
Key Terms/Topics POLITICAL
Party primaries Decline of machine politics
Women get right to vote
ECONOMIC: Conservation of land and water
Regulation of business Lower tariffs
Reformed banking system Federal income tax
SOCIAL
Child Labor Upton Sinclair – The Jungle
Resources
Progressive Era Web Sites Library of Congress: Progressive Era to New Era, 1900 - 1929
Best of History Websites: Progressive Era Gilder Lehrman: Reform Movements of the Progressive Era (Free Registration)
Primary Sources: Progressive Era Progressive Era Politics Timeline The 1911 Triangle Factory Fire
POLITICAL: Extending Suffrage to Women
SOCIAL: The Jungle
The Jungle (Gilder Lehrman) Child Labor in America
Black Women Clubbing for Healthcare Reform
USH.3.3 Compare and contrast the Progressive reforms of Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, and Woodrow Wilson. (Government; Economics; Individuals, Society, and Culture)
Key Terms/Topics Square Deal Anthracite Coal Strike Anti-trust Railroad regulation Elkins Act Hepburn Act
Meatpacking and Food industry Pure Food and Drug Act Meat Inspection Act Conservation Newlands Reclamation Act Forest Reserve Act
National Conservation Commission
Mann-Elkins Act 16th Amendment New Freedom Underwood Tariff Federal Reserve Act
Clayton Antitrust Act Federal Trade
Commission 17th Amendment 19th Amendment
Resources
Theodore Roosevelt primary sources William Howard Taft primary sources
Woodrow Wilson primary sources
Progressive Party Platform of 1912
Teaching With Documents: Political Cartoons Illustrating Progressivism and the Election of 1912
Theodore Roosevelt To what extend did TR provide a “Square Deal” for the American people? Anthracite Coal Strike
T. Roosevelt and the Trusts Gilder Lehrman (free registration) Northern Securities case
Progressive Reform and Trusts Federal Power: Theodore Roosevelt
Woodrow Wilson To what extent did W. Wilson provide a “New Freedom” for the American people?
History of the Federal Reserve Classroom Edition - St. Louis Fed - Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
Clayton Antitrust Act Winning the Vote for Women: The 19th Amendment
USH.3.4 Explain the constitutional significance of the following landmark decisions of the United States Supreme Court: Northern Securities Company v. United States (1904), Muller v. Oregon (1908), Schenck v. United States (1919) and Abrams v. United States (1919).
Resources Northern Securities case (1904
Muller v. Oregon (1908) Schenck v. United States (1919)
Clear & Present Danger Test for Subversive Advocacy Abrams v. United States (1919)
USH.3.5 Identify and give the significance of contributions to American culture made by individuals and groups--1897-1920 such as Booker T. Washington, W.E.B. DuBois, NAACP, muckrakers, Upton Sinclair. (Individuals, Society, and Culture)
Resources The Progressive Movement and African Americans
Booker T. Washington Resources Booker T. Washington primary sources
W.E.B.Du Bois primary sources The Debate Between W.E.B. DuBois and Booker T. Washington
The NAACP: A Century in the Fight for Freedom (Library of Congress) The Jungle
Frederick Law Olmsted (landscape architect – Central Park) Frances Willard (educator, women’s suffrage movement)
Women’s Christian Temperance Union (WCTU) Winning the Vote for Women: The 19th Amendment
Indiana
May Wright Sewall Madam C.J. Walker T.C. Steele and the Hoosier Group Elwood Haynes Juliet Strauss Richard Lieber
Ball Brothers (Muncie) Indianapolis Recorder Carl Fisher James Allison The Hoosier Behind the Jazz Charts
USH.3.6 Reasons why the United States became involved in World War I. (Government, Economics) Key Terms/Topics
CAUSES Violation of neutral rights
Economic ties to the allies “The world must be made safe for democracy”
Zimmerman Telegram Russian Revolution
Resources WWI Web Sites
PBS: The Great War World War I Resources, Grades 9-12
Digital History: World War I Digital History: World War I (Interpreting Primary Sources)
House-Grey Memorandum Edsitement: U.S. Entry into World War I; Two Diametrically Oppose Views
Edsitement: U.S. Entry into World War I: Some Hypotheses About U.S. Entry Edsitement: U.S. Entry into World War I: A Documentary Chronology of World War I
Edsitement: Wilson and American Entry into World War I KHAN ACADEMY: United States enters World War I (video)
PBS: The Blame Game Lusitania
Zimmermann Telegram Gilder Lehrman: The Zimmermann Telegram and American Entry into World War I (free registration)
World War I Posters USH.3.7 Analyze President Wilson’s Fourteen Points and describe the obstacles he faced in getting European leaders to accept his approach to peace. (Government)
Key Terms/Topics
FOURTEEN POINTS OBSTACLES
Recognition of freedom of the seas
No more secret treaties
Free trade
Reduction of armaments
Impartial adjustment of all colonial claims
Allow Russia to determine its own government
Respect for Belgium’s integrity
Restoration of French territory
Italy receives territory based on ethnicity
Austria-Hungary receives fair development opportunities
Independence of the Balkan states
Self-determination for Ottoman Empire & free passage through Dardanelles
Indenpendance for Poland
League of Nations
Henry Cabot Lodge
Irreconcilables and reservationists
Wilson’s unwillingness to compromise
Resources Wilson’s Fourteen Points (Video)
Interpretation of President Wilson’s Fourteen Points (Colonel House) PBS: The Great War
USH.3.8 Summarize the provisions of the Treaty of Versailles and analyze reasons why the treaty was never ratified by the U.S. Senate. (Government)
Key Terms/Topics
PROVISIONS REASONS TREATY WAS NOT RATIFIED Germany required to admit total blame for starting WWI Germany required to pay huge reparations Germany’s army reduced in size; navy turned over to the Allies Germany’s colonial possessions divided among the Allies Austria-Hungary divided (Austria, Hungary, Yugoslavia,
Czechoslovakia) New nations created (Poland, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania) A League of Nations was created
Republican Senate (Wilson was a Democrat) Concern over League of Nations Strong efforts to prevent future wars Collective action against states that went to war in violation of the
treaty Article 10 – guaranteed political independence of League
members states and their protection against external aggression
Resources Paris Peace Conference and the Treaty of Versailles Video
Edsitement: The Debate in the United States over the League of Nations: League of Nations Basics PBS: The Great War
USH.3.9 Explain the impact of “New” Immigration and the Great Migration on industrialization and urbanization and in promoting economic growth. (Economics, Geography)
Key Terms/Topics “New Immigrants” Basic Information
From southern and eastern Europe Roman Catholic, Greek Orthodox, Russian Orthodox, Jewish
Most entered the U.S. through Ellis Island These “new immigrants” began competing for jobs
These “new immigrants” were discriminated against Resources
Immigration Restriction and the Ku Klux Klan Immigration and Migration from Gilder Lehrman (free registration)
Digital History: Immigration Why did immigrants come to America?
To what extent has America welcomed immigrants? To what extend was America xenophobic in the 1920’s?
Standard 4: Modern United States Prosperity and Depression: Post WWI to 1939
Students explain the political, economic, social and cultural development of the United States during the period from 1920 to 1939. Primary Source Documents:
Roaring 20s Web Sites The Great Depression and World War II (1929-1945)
American History Resource-1920-1932 American History Resource-1933-1939
Best of Ansel Adams USH.4.1 Understand the significance of the pro-business policies of President’s Harding, Coolidge, and Hoover and the effect these policies had on the economy of the 1920s. (Economics, Government)
Resources From Boom Times to Depression
America in the 1920’s
HARDING Harding Inaugural Address
COOLIDGE Coolidge Inaugural Address
Calvin Coolidge primary sources
HOOVER Hoover Inaugural Address
From the Hoover Presidential Library
USH.4.2 Identify new cultural movements of the 1920s and analyze how these movements reflected and changed American society. (Individuals, Society, and Culture)
Key Terms/Topics Harlem Renaissance Langston Hughes
Jazz Age F. Scott Fitzgerald
Resources
Digital History: 1920’s PBS: The Harlem Renaissance The Library of Congress: A Guide to Harlem Renaissance Materials The Library of Congress: The Harlem Renaissance Teaching with Primary Documents Teacher’s Guide
The Harlem Renaissance Langston Hughes Langston Hughes – I, Too (Video) F. Scott Fitzgerald Jazz Age
Indiana Avenue George's Bar on Indiana Avenue -
USH.4.3 Identify areas of social tension such as the Red Scare, Prohibition, Religious Fundamentalism, the KKK, New Morality, and the New Woman and explain their consequences in the post-WWI era. (Individuals, Society, and
Culture) Resources
Digital History: 1920’s
Red Scare and the Palmer Raids What caused the Palmer Raids?
Red Scare! The Palmer Raids and Civil Liberties
Red Scare
Prohibition Prohibition
Edsitement: How Teachers Can make the most of Prohibition
Gilder Lehrman: The Supreme Court uphold national prohibition, 1920 (free registration) Prohibition Lesson Plan Reading Like a Historian
Religious Fundamentalism
Scopes Trial Scopes Trial Reading Like a Historian
Scopes Trial from HISTORYnet Tennessee vs. John Scopes The Monkey Trial
Ku Klux Klan
KKK D.C. Stephenson
D.C. Stephenson in Indiana
Immigration restrictions Opening of Crispus Attucks High School (1927)
USH.4.4 Technological developments during the 1920s and explain their impact on rural and urban America. (Economics; Geography; Individuals, Society, and Culture)
Resources Digital History: 1920s
Henry Ford and the Model T Economic Boom 1920s
USH.4.5 Analyze the causes of the Great Depression and explain how they affected American society. (Economics; Individuals, Society, and Culture)
Key Terms/Topics Causes of the Great Depression
Uneven distribution of income Stock market speculation Excessive use of credit
Overproduction of consumer goods Weak farm economy
Government policy (protective tariff) Global economic problems
Resources
American History >> The Great Depression Why was the Great Depression a Disaster Waiting to Happen?
Causes and Effects of the New Deal Digital History: Great Depression
The Great Depression Lesson Plans Econedlink: Where did all the money go? The Great Depression Mystery
Gilder Lehrman: The Great Depression (free registration) Gilder Lehrman: Causes of the Great Depression (video) (free registration)
Causes of the Great Depression The Great Depression: Causes and Effects (Video)
Depression-Era Photographs: Worth a Thousand Words (Edsitement) To Kill a Mockingbird: A Historical perspective (Library of Congress)
USH.4.6 Identify and describe the contributions of political and social reformers during the Great Depression Era. (Government; Economics; Individuals, Society and Culture)
Key Terms/Topics
SOCIAL REFORMERS Franklin D. Roosevelt Eleanor Roosevelt Senator Huey Long Dorthea Lang
Mary McLeod Bethune Father Charles Coughlin Dr. Francis Townsensd
Resources
Digital History: Great Depression Gilder Lehrman: Women in the Great Depression (free registration)
Roosevelt’s Critics Digital History: Roosevelt’s Critics
Miriam Anderson
The Concert That Sparked the Civil Rights Movement (Time Magazine) USH.4.7 Analyze the impact the Great Depression had on America’s standard of living (Economics, Government)
Key Terms/Topics Breadlines Hoovervilles Bonus Army Founding of the Congress of Industrial Organization (CIO)
25% unemployment Farmer’s incomes fell to low levels Crime (gangsters such as John Dillinger)
Resources Digital History: Great Depression
Effects of the Great Depression (Video) The Great Depression: Crash Course US History
Hoovervilles Near v. Minnesota (1931)
Bonus Army Marches (1932) PBS Video Migrant Farm Families
True Grit: Dust Bowl Survivors Time Magazine USH.4.8 Identify and explain the significance of New Deal relief programs. (Government)
Key Terms/Topics
Aid to the unemployed Aid to the Homeowner -Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA)
-Public Works Administration (PWA) -Works Progress Administration (WPA)
-Home Owners Loan Corporation (HOLC) -Federal Housing Authority (FHA)
Resources
Digital History: New Deal Programs Recovery Programs
How did the New Deal go about fixing the problems of the Great Depression? The Top Ten New Deal Programs The Economics of the New Deal
USH.4.9 Identify and explain the significance of the expansion of federal power during the New Deal Era in the areas of agriculture, money and banking, industry, labor, social welfare, and conservation.
Key Terms/Topics
Agriculture Money & Banking Industry Labor Social Welfare Conservation -Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA) -Resettlement Adminstration (RA) -Rural Electrification Administration (REA) -Farm Credit Administration (FCA)
-Bank holiday -Federal Deposit and Insurance Corp (FDIC) -Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
-National Recovery Administration (NRA)
-National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) -Fair Labor Standards Act
Social Security Act Social Security Lesson
Plan
-Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) -Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)
Resources
To what extend did the New Deal end the Great Depression? Born in Slavery: Slave Narratives from the Federal Writers’ Project, 1936-1938
DocsTeach: The New Deal: Revolution or Reform? FDR: From Budget Balancer to Keynesian
Standard 5: The United States and World War II: 1939 to 1945
Students examine the causes and course of World War II, the effects of the war on United States society and culture, and the consequences for United States involvement in world affairs.
Primary Source Documents: The Great Depression and World War II (1929-1945)
American History Resource-1940-1945 USH.5.1 Analyze the causes and effects of American isolationism during the 1930s and the effect this policy had on America’s war preparation. (Government, Economics, Geography)
Key Terms/Topics American preoccupation with economic conditions in the U.S.
Nye Commission Neutrality Acts
Resources
The Merchants of Death Neutrality Act (August 31, 1935)
Neutrality Act (February 29, 1936) Neutrality Act (May 1, 1937)
USH.5.2 Compare and contrast President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s world view with that of Germany’s Adolf Hitler, Italy’s Benito Mussolini, the Soviet Union’s Joseph Stalin, and Japan’s Hideki Tojo. (Government; Individuals, Society and Culture)
Resources FDR
FDR’s Four Freedoms speech Video Atlantic Charter
FDR’s Declaration of War HITLER
Hitler’s May Day speech (May1, 1937) Did Hitler Have A Clear World View And To What Extent Did This Shape The Third Reich?
MUSSOLINI Benito Mussolini
The Doctrine of Fascism Benito Mussolini (1932) TOJO
Hideki Tojo USH.5.3 Identify and explain key events from Versailles to Pearl Harbor that resulted in the United States entry into
World War II. (Government, Geography) Key Terms/Topics
Failure of the League of Nations Japanese invasion of Manchuria Nye Investigation (see USH.5.1) German invasion of Poland
German invasion of France Battle of Britain Lend-Lease Act Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor
Edsitement: The Road to Pearl Harbor: The United States and East Asia, 1915-1941 Digital History: World War II
Why did the U.S. enter WWII? Edsitement: From Neutrality to War 4 Lessons
Battle of Britain Pearl Harbor Slide Show
After Pearl Harbor: Rare Photos from the American Home Front USH.5.4 Identify key leaders and events from World War II and explain the significance of each. (Government)
Key Terms/Topics
LEADERS FDR Hitler Tojo Stalin Mussolini
Eisenhower MacArthur Nimitz Patton
EVENTS
Allied Conferences (Tehran, Yalta, Potsdam) Internment of Japanese Americans Bataan Death March Battle of Midway El Alamein Battle of Stalingrad
D-Day Battle of the Bulge Manhattan Project Sinking of the USS Indianapolis Hiroshima & Nagasaki
Resources WWII Animated Maps: Europe & N. Africa
WWII Animated Maps: Pacific War Edsitement: The United States in World War II: “The Proper Application of Overwhelming Force” 4 Lessons
Eisenhower’s Order of the Day (1944) The War After D-Day: Deeper Into Hell
Germany Surrenders at Reims, May 7, 1945 Hiroshima and Nagasaki: Photos from the Ruins V-J Day: A Nation Lets Loose
USH.5.5 Describe Hitler’s “final solution” policy and explain the Allied responses to the Holocaust and war crimes.
(Government; Geography; Individuals, Society and Culture)
Resources Holocaust Teacher Resource Center
Bureau of Jewish Education – Holocaust Education DocsTeach: Human Strife
Edsitement: Holocaust and Resistance Behind the Picture: The Liberation of Buchenwald, 1945 Please take the time to preview – some of these pictures are disturbing
ECHOES and REFLECTIONS Student/Teacher Resource Center Holocaust Timeline
Resources for Educators United States Holocaust Memorial Museum The Holocaust: A Collection of Teaching Resources
Holocaust – Facing History and Ourselves
USH.5.6 Explain how the United States dealt with individual rights and national security during World War II by examining the following groups: Japanese-Americans, African Americans, Native-Americans, Hispanics, and women. (Government)
Resources Civil Rights and Ethnic Education Resources
To what extent is it acceptable for the government to limit civil liberties in time of war?
Japanese-Americans Reading Like a Historian: Japanese Internment free registration
Transcript of Executive Order 9066 Korematsu v. United States (1944) Hirabayashi v. United States (1943)
African Americans
African Americans in World War II - The National WWII Museum African Americans in WWII & Civil Rights The War at Home: Civil Rights/Minorities
African Americans in World War II
Women Women in WWII at a glance - The National WWII Museum
Women Come to the Front Journalists, Photographers, and Broadcasters During World War II
Hispanics The Hispanic Experience in World War II
Mexican Americans in World War II
America and WWII USH.5.7 Summarize the efforts the national government made to regulate production, labor, and prices during the war and evaluate the success or failure of these efforts. (Government)
Resources Home Front - The National WWII Museum
On the Home Front (PDF) » World War II: The Home Front - Social Studies School Service
USH.5.8 Identify and describe the impact of World War II on American culture. (Individuals, Society and Culture)
Resources Digital History: Impact of World War II
Reading Like a Historian: Zoot Suit Riots free registration World War II on the Home Front: CIVIC RESPONSIBILITY
USH.5.9 Explain how World War II led to the rise of the United States and the Soviet Union as rival superpowers.
Digital History: The Atomic Bomb Reading Like a Historian: the Atomic Bomb free registration
Post WWII Goals and Plans
Standard 6: Postwar United States: 1945 to 1960
Students understand the political, economic, social and cultural development of the United States during the period from 1945 to 1960. American History – Cold War Era
Edsitement: Origins of the Cold War; 1945-49 3 Lessons
History Channel: The Cold War American History Resource-1946-1960
Primary Source Documents Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970’s)
Life Photos – Classic Pictures from Life Magazine’s archives USH.6.1 Understand the domino theory and its relationship to the principle of containment. Identify key events and individuals
as well as their connections to post World War II tensions (Cold War). (Government, Geography) Key Terms/Topics
Events Truman Doctrine Marshall Plan Domino Theory NATO
Berlin Airlift Korean War Red Scare U-2 Incident
Individuals/Terms
Joseph McCarthy Alger Hiss Julius & Ethel Rosenberg
McCarthyism Blacklisting Hollywood Ten
Domino Theory Domino Theory (History Channel)
Eisenhower gives famous “domino theory” speech
Resources Beginning of the Cold War
Gilder Lehrman—Origins of the Cold War: The Containment Policy Cold War Lesson Plan1
Digital History: The Origins of the Cold War Truman Doctrine/ Marshall Plan - JohnDClare.net
Edsitement: The Formation of the Western Alliance, 1948-1949 Berlin Airlift Video
Edsitement: The Korean War McCarthyism Witch hunts of the 1950’s The Rise and Fall of Joseph McCarthy
Edsitement: The House Un-American Activities Committee Hollywood Ten (History Channel)
The Atom Spy Case The Trials of Alger Hiss: A Chronology
“duck and cover” The U-2 Incident of 1960
USH.6.2 Summarize and assess the various actions which characterized the early struggle for civil rights (1945-1960).
(Government; Individuals, Society and Culture) Resources
Civil Rights and Ethnic Education Resources
American History – Civil Rights Movement Civil Rights Timeline
Civil Rights in the Postwar Era: 1946-1953 Civil Rights Resource Guide (Library of Congress)
Integration of the U.S. Armed Forces The Civil Rights Movement and the Second Reconstruction, 1945-1968
Gilder Lehrman: The Civil Rights Movement: Major Events and Legacies (free registration) Civil Rights in the USA 1956-1968
Civil Rights Chronology The NAACP: A Century in the Fight for Freedom (Library of Congress)
The Supreme Court and Civil Rights We Shall Overcome (National Parks Service)
Historic Places of the Civil Rights Movement (National Parks Service) History of the Civil Rights Movement (YouTube)
Civil Rights
Jackie Robinson Jackie Robinson, Civil Rights Advocate (National Archives)
Jackie Robinson - The Official Site Baseball, Race Relations and Jackie Robinson (Library of Congress)
Baseball, Race and Ethnicity: Rounding the Bases (Library of Congress)
Rosa Parks Rosa Parks Materials - Library of Congress
Rosa Parks Interview
Montgomery Boycott Montgomery Bus Boycott (1955-1956)
Riding the Bus – Taking a Stand
Freedom Riders Martin Luther King Jr. and the Freedom Riders: Rare and Classic Photos (Life Magazine)
Emmett Till
Emmett Till - Legacy Bob Dylan’s interpretation of Emmett Till’s murder
A Savage Season in Mississippi: The Murder of Emmett Till (Life Magazine)
Central High School The Little Rock School Integration Crisis
Executive Order 10730 (Eisenhower’s desegregation order) Integration of Central High School Info plus Short Video
Elizabeth Eckford and the Little Rock Nine School Desegregation and Equal Educational Opportunity
Brave Hearts: Remembering the Little Rock Nine, 1957 (Life Magazine) USH.6.3 Describe the constitutional significance and lasting societal effects of the United States Supreme Court case
http://life.time.com/history/martin-luther-king-jr-and-the-freedom-riders-rare-and-classic-photos/#1
Brown v. Board of Education. (Government) Resources
Brown v. Board of Education in PBS' The Supreme Court - YouTube Brown v. Board of Education (1954) - Bill of Rights InstituteBrown v. Board of Education (1954)
Separate But Not Equal (History Channel clip) The Supreme Court and Civil Rights
Separate but Equal Education: The Road to Brown v Board Case Study: Brown v Board of Educ. Trial
BROWN V. BOARD OF EDUCATION LESSONS Brown v. Board at 60
“Massive Resistance”:
The NAACP: A Century in the Fight for Freedom (Library of Congress)
USH.6.4 Summarize key economic and social changes in post-WW II American life. (Individuals, Society and Culture)
Key Terms/Topics
Soviet Espionage in America The House Un-American Activities Committee
The Rise and Fall of Joseph McCarthy
Resources Edsitement: Anticommunism in post-war America 3 Lessons: The Postwar United States, 1945-1968 Library of Congress
Economic Recovery: Lessons from the Post-WWII Period U.S. Timeline – The 1950’s
Standard 7: The United States in Troubled Times: 1960 to 1980
Students examine the political, economic, social and cultural development of the United States during the period from 1960 to 1980. How do JFK and LBJ compare as Presidents
American History Resource-1961-1969 American History Resource-1969-1980
U.S. Timeline – the 1960’s U.S. Timeline – The 1970’s
Religion in Post-World War II America Life Photos – Classic Pictures from Life Magazine’s archives
Frank Beckwith for President USH.7.1 Explain the civil rights movement of the 1960s and 1970s by describing the ideas and actions of federal and state leaders, grassroots movements, and central organizations that were active in the movement. (Government; Economics; Individuals, Society and Culture)
Civil Rights and Ethnic Education Resources Five Essential Practices for Teaching the Civil Rights Movement
The History of the Civil Rights Movement (You Tube video) American History – Civil Rights Movement
Key Terms/Topics
People: John F. Kennedy
JFK, Freedom Riders and the Civil Rights Movement (Edsitement) JFK, LBJ, and the Fight for Equal Opportunity in the 1960’s (Edsitement)
Robert Kennedy
Robert F. Kennedy’s Martin Luther King Jr. Assassination Speech (delivered in Indianapolis)
Lyndon B. Johnson JFK, LBJ, and the Fight for Equal Opportunity in the 1960’s (Edsitement)
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (See USH.7.2)
Birmingham 1963
Malcolm X (See USH.7.2)
Medgar Evers NAACP History: Medgar Evers
Behind the Picture: Medgar Evers’ Funeral, June 15, 1963 (Life Magazine) The Legacy of Medgar Evers
Stokley Carmichael
George Wallace The Opinions of the Public Earl Warren
Organizations
The NAACP: A Century in the Fight for Freedom (Library of Congress) Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)
USH 7.1 continued on next page
Resources
Civil Rights and Ethnic Education Resources
Equity on the Hardwood Civil Rights Resource Guide (Library of Congress)
Civil Rights Timeline DocsTeach: We shall Overcome
Edsitement: Competing Voices of the Civil Rights Movement Timeline of the Civil Rights Movement, 1960-1964
Civil Rights Timeline (Civil Rights.org) The Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (National Archives)
The Supreme Court and Civil Rights Civil Rights Primary Sources (1955-1983)
We Shall Overcome (National Parks Service) Historic Places of the Civil Rights Movement (National Parks Service)
Marching for Justice – Selma to Montgomery Voting Rights
Teaching about 1963 in 2013: Civil Rights Movement History The March on Washington DBQ Teachers Guide
The Choices Program Fifty Years after the March on Washington: Students in the Civil Rights Movement
USH.7.2 Evaluate various methods and philosophies (e.g. Martin Luther King, Jr., the Black Panthers, and Malcolm X) to bring about social justice during the Civil Rights Movement. (Individuals, Society and Culture)
Resources Gilder Lehrman: Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” Speech (free registration)
The March on Washington: Power to the People (Life Magazine) How effective was the civil rights movement in bringing about social change in America?
Malcolm X Speeches… USH.7.3 Identify and explain the significance of federal programs, policies and legal rulings designed to improve the lives of Americans during the 1960s. (Government, Economics)
Key Terms/Topics New Frontier Great Society
War on Poverty Medicare/Medicaid
VISTA Civil Rights Acts of 1964 & 1965
Resources
The Legacy of President John F. Kennedy – 50 years later War on Poverty - PBS
PBS: LBJ and the Great Society Study Aid: Great Society Legislation
Gilder Lehrman: Great Society (free registration) Federal Power: Lyndon B. Johnson and Ronald Reagan USH.7.4 Describe developing trends in science and technology and explain how they impacted the lives of Americans during the period 1960-1980.
Resources Landing a Man on the Moon: President Nixon and the Apollo Program
Apollo-Soyuz: Space Age Detente Birth of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Apollo Landing Apollo 11
USH.7.5 Identify and analyze the significance of key decisions of the Warren Court. (Government) Key Terms/Topics
Mapp v. Ohio Gideon v. Wainwright Escobedo v. Illinois Miranda v. Arizona
Baker v. Carr Yates v. United States Engel v. Vitale Griswold v. Connecticut
Resources How did the Warren Court use judicial review to protect the rights of citizens?
The Legacy of the Warren Court USH.7.6 Identify the problems confronting different minorities during this period of economic and social change and describe the solutions to these problems. (Economics; Individuals, Society and Culture)
Key Terms/Topics Discrimination
Affirmative Action Counterculture
Students for a Democratic Society Equal Rights Amendment
NOW Vietnam
Resources
Civil Rights and Ethnic Education Resources Lowering the Voting Age: Nixon and the 26th Amendment
The Protest Era, 1960-1980 Women’s Rights Movement (1960-1980)
Cesar Chavez & the UFW Affirmative Action and the Constitution (Bill of Rights Institute)
USH.7.7 Identify areas of social tension from this time period and explain how social attitudes shifted as a result.
Key Terms/Topics Equal Opportunity Act
Immigration Reform Act of 1965 USH.7.8 Explain and analyze changing relations between the United States and the Soviet Union from 1960 to 1980.
Key Terms/Topics Bay of Pigs Berlin Crisis
Cuban Missile Crisis Space Race
Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Vietnam
Nixon’s visit to China
SALT 1980 Olympic Boycott
Resources
Edsitement: Cuban Missile Crisis Crisis in Berlin (Video)
The Space Race (Video) John F. Kennedy and the Space Race
The Choices Program On the Brink of Nuclear War: Leadership and the Cuban Missile Crisis USH.7.9 Analyze the foreign and domestic consequences of U.S. involvement in Vietnam.
Key Terms/Topics Domino Theory
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution Tet Offensive
Hawks vs. Doves
Resources American History - Vietnam
The Vietnam War (Map) The Vietnam War
Teaching With Documents: The War in Vietnam – A Story in Photographs ... (National Archives)
Vietnam War - Best of History Web SitesExplorations: The Vietnam war as History (Digital History) The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution and Escalation of the Vietnam War (EDSITEment)
Nixon and the War Powers Resolution USH.7.10 Explain and analyze U.S. foreign policy issues during the 1960s and 1970s. (Africa, Middle East, China)
Key Terms/Topics Six Day War – 1967
Yom Kippur War – 1973 Nixon visit to China
Resources
Nixon Visits China: The Week that Changed the World Negotiating U.S.-Chinese Rapprochment
USH.7.11 Explain the constitutional, political, and cultural significance of the Watergate Scandal and the United States Supreme Court decision of United States v. Nixon. (Government)
Resources American History – Nixon & Watergate
Watergate and the Constitution (National Archives) Watergate
Nixon Resigns Watergate CNN
The Watergate Story (Washington Post)
Standard 8: The Contemporary United States: 1980 to the Present
Students examine the political, economic, social and cultural developments of the United States during the period from 1980 to the present.
U.S. Timeline – The 1980’s U.S. Timeline – The 1990’s
American History – Post Cold War Entering a New Era: Conservatism, Globalization, Terrorism (1980-2006)
1980’s History Resources Contemporary United States (1968 to the Present)
Current Events and the Constitution: Supreme Court Roundup USH.8.1 Explain the significance of social, economic and political issues during the period 1980 to the present and how
these issues affected individuals and organizations. Key Terms/Topics
Panama Canal Treaty Iran Hostage Crisis Air Traffic Controllers Strike Iran – Contra Scandal Impeachment of President Clinton 2000 Presidential Election Immigration Policy Affirmative Action
Social Security Wage earnings and income disparity Government entitlements AIDS epidemic Los Angeles race riots Abortion Gay rights Civil Rights
Resources Teaching about 1963 in 2013: Civil Rights Movement History
How has the Burger/Rehnquist Court effected the issue of rights in America? How have recent U.S. Presidents dealt with domestic and foreign issues?
The Panama Canal Treaties: Jimmy Carter
Air Traffic Controllers strike 1981 Strike Leaves Legacy for American Workers
Reagan remarks on Air Traffic Controllers strike (Video)
Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act
Iran-Contra Scandal
Impeachment of President Clinton The Clinton Impeachment (Bill of Rights Institute)
The Impeachment Trial of President William Clinton The Impeachment of President Clinton
The Clinton Impeachment, Ten Years Later USH 8.1 continued on next page
2000 Presidential election Bush v. Gore and the 2000 Presidential Election (Bill of Rights Institute)
President Elect - 2000 Bush v. Gore – Cornell University
Immigration
History of U.S. Immigration Laws Historical Timeline – Illegal Immigration – ProCon.org
U.S. Immigration Policy: What Should We Do? Immigration (U.S. Chamber of Commerce)
Affirmative Action and the Constitution (Bill of Rights Institute)
Social Security
Social Security, Present and Future (New York Times) Social Security: A guide to critical questions
Global Aids Overview
USH.8.2 Describe developing trends in science and technology and explain how they impact the lives of Americans today such as:
Key Terms/Topics NASA and space programs; identification of DNA; the Internet and broadband access global climate change; U.S. energy policy. Compact discs and cell phones
Cable news Blogging Facebook Stem cell research SDI
Resources
Science and Engineering Indicators 2012 STEM Education Data and Trends
People and Discoveries Chronology of twentieth-century science
12 Most Important Trends in Science Over the Past 30 Years Alison Sander: Megatrends – the art and science of trend tracking
USH.8.3 Discuss and explain the significance of the rise of the new conservative coalition of the 1980’s.
Key Terms/Topics William F. Buckley, Jr.
Taxpayers Revolt Reverse Discrimination
Reaganomics (Supply-Side Economics) Spending cuts Deregulation
Resources
Federal Power: Lyndon B. Johnson and Ronald Reagan Conservatism and the Rise of Ronald Reagan
The Age of Reagan USH.8.4 Explain the assumptions of supply-side economics or "Reaganomics" and how the Reagan administration implemented it. (Economics)
Resources Primary Source Lesson Plan Debating the Success & Failure of Reaganomics
Lyndon B. Johnson and Ronald Reagan and Federal Power Reaganomics
USH.8.5 Explain how the Cold War ended and identify new challenges to U.S. leadership in the world. (Economics,
Geography) Resources
American History – Post Cold War President Reagan and the Cold War: Vision and Diplomacy
End of the Cold War Détente and the End of the Cold War (Video)
The Cold War and Beyond USH.8.6 Analyze important domestic and foreign policies and events of the Clinton and Bush administrations.
Key Terms/Topics Domestic Policy “Read My Lips”
Family and Medical Leave Act NAFTA
Balanced Budget No Child Left Behind Act
Foreign Policy Tiananmen Square
Breakup of the Soviet Union Persian Gulf War
Bosnia -- Peacekeeping September 11
Iraq War War in Afghanistan
Resources
The American Experience; The Presidents:George H.W. Bush Teachers Guide The Legacy of the Clinton Administration
The American Experience; The Presidents: William Jefferson Clinton The American Experience; The Presidents: George W. Bush
George W. Bush and the Military Tribunals Bill of Rights Institute USH.8.7 Explain the constitutional significance of the following landmark decisions of the United States Supreme Court: Westside Community School District v. Mergens (1990), Reno v. American Civil Liberties Union (1997), Mitchell v. Helms (2000) and Bush v. Gore (2000).
Resources Westside Community School District v. Mergens
Reno v. American Civil Liberties Union Mitchell v. Helms
Bush v. Gore Bush v. Gore and the 2000 Presidential Election (Bill of Rights Institute)
USH.8.8 Explain the background and significance of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attack and the resulting War on Terror.
Resources 911 Materials for Teachers
Teach + Learn TeachersFirst’s September 11 Resources
The 9/11 Commission Report George W. Bush and the Military Tribunals Bill of Rights Institute
USH.8.9 Analyze the impact of globalization on U.S. culture and U.S. economic, political and foreign policy. (Government,
Economics, Geography) Resources INDIANA
Immigrant Welcome Center International Center of Indianapolis
Institute for Latino Studies ( Notre Dame) Indiana District Export Council
Indiana Business Research Center Center for the Study of Global Change
NATIONAL:
Mapping the Nation Asia Society
National League of Cities Teachers Guide to International Collaboration-Internet
Standard 9: Historical Thinking
Students conduct historical research that incorporates information literacy skills such as forming appropriate research questions; evaluating information by determining its accuracy, relevance and comprehensiveness; interpreting a variety of primary and secondary sources; and presenting their findings with documentation. USH.9.1 Identify patterns of historical succession and duration in which historical events have unfolded and apply them to explain continuity and change.
Civil Rights Supreme Court Cases that Shaped Our Government: America’s Melting Pot USH.9.2 Locate and analyze primary sources and secondary sources related to an event or issue of the past; discover possible limitations in various kinds of historical evidence and differing secondary opinions. USH.9.3 Analyze multiple, unexpected, and complex causes and effects of events in the past.
USH.9.4 Explain issues and problems of the past by analyzing the interests and viewpoints of those involved. USH.9.5 Formulate and present a position or course of action on an issue by examining the underlying factors contributing to that issue
